Bighorn

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 15, 201072 views3 comments

Nikon 300s 300mm f/2.8 1.7x
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/3200s -0.7EV
Cropped the left and right of the frame

I was up early this morning and drove up to Kananaskis Provincial Park. I found 10 Bighorns near the road high up in the park. I was able to walk up quite close to them. They moved off and started climbing a steep rocky bank. Two of them had full turns but were also tagged.
Thanks for looking.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on May 15, 2010 at 8:05 PM

Nice shot. IMHO if you could have both eyes showing it would make the image stronger, have more impact. The little red /orange blob on the rocks is somewhat distracting and IMHO should be cloned out. It must have been exciting to have 10 bighorns in front of your camera! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 16, 2010 at 8:29 AM

This is a good clean portrait with excellent catchlights and a friendly expression! The rubble background is a little busy but there was not much you could do about that! I think if you made the image a little brighter (maybe a 1/3 stop) it would have more pop. That can easily be done in post processing. Thanks for sharing this guy!

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Comment posted by Peter Vaudry on May 16, 2010 at 1:52 PM

Thanks for your comments. I have brightened the bighorn and removed the orange lichen close to his nose.

Registered on March 5, 2010, 12 Posts, 53 Comments